St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-31
MONDAY MORNING CHAT

If the information contained in the special
telegram fro ID Pine City published in yester-
day mornings GLOBE, regarding the petrify-
ing qualities of the waters of small river in
the Saskatchewan valley be true, the discov
cry is one of no small importance. There
are but very few people, enjoying an
ordinary run of health, who can reconcile
themselves to the thought that ultimately
they will be burned to cinder in a crema-
tory, Or must become q sweet morsel for cam
nibalistic flesh worms to roll under their
tongues. OF the two ultmatnms the former
is the one that most forcib1y appeals to the
favor of people of refined sensibilities, for
it's sweet to be remembered some poet
has written, and it softens the pangs of death
to know that we cam retain hold OH the
memory of the friends whom we love
in this life if we will furnish a small bronze
urn to hold the cinders of us after we are
dead. 1t is not much trouble for a person to
pack away small urn and carry it along
with the other baggage when he moves, but
it is not always convenient to take a six-foot
grave along, especially OH an extended jour-
ney; and when a person allows himself to be
lowered INTO grave and to be buried beneath
five feet of earth, it is only a question of
few months when the grass begins to grow
rank upon the mound, the flowers are choked
ana die, and the grave and its contents are
soon forgotten.
1t is not pleasant to have it constantly
thrust upon your mind that YOU are only NOR
tai and Will soon pass out of the memory of
the world, and the petrifying waters of tina
little stream in the Saskatchewan valley are.
what the great majority of dying humanity
have been looking for eyer since the man
ufacture of mummies by the Egyptians has
become lost art The various uses man
could be put to after death if he were soaked
few days in this stream would doubly pay
the cost of transportation to and from the
soaker.
just tell woman that after she is dead you
vii; sec that she is converted into fountain
and placed in the center of public park. to
be admired by thousands of both sexes as
she losses quivering sprays of water from her
flowing tresses, and she would hail death
with a smile of satisfaction that would cause
her nearest relative TO laugh at the bedside.
Tell q man who has always loved his pipe,
and has always been'a hail fellow well met,
that when he has ceased 10 breathe you will
take it upon yourself "a sac That he occupies
prominent position Oil q pedestal in front of
a cigar store, and tia: ,r:sn VII, 60 down to
death with The same csseraess that q tramp
approaches q free i::acs.
Tell n miikman :hat Wien &c is dead you
will have him set up o.: Ire p::t!tc square 10
act in the capacity of 6; GOWN puiup, and he
will die with n smile On bic lins--a smile so
full of welcome and gcoc nt.r:e Tia. 10 citi-
zen or cenntryman =onid Eass without
quenching his thirst from :as weter llat
gushed from his petrifice tse;h.
All these things are inside poss.El:: If the
water Of this river is what j, is claimed TO be,
al L.
petrified bodies of our friends could be nut
that would hold for them q position in the
memory of the people and win for Them ad-
miration. Some steps shonid he ilnmed.a;ci,
taken 10 ascertain if what is said OF the river
is true.